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LAMP OR LANTERN LIGHTING DEVICE.

Nb.410,238. Patented Sept.3,1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LIN OOLN GERHARDT, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

LAMP OR LANTERN LIGHTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,238, datedSeptember 3, 1889.

. Application filed December 11, 1888. Serial No. 293,263. (No model.)

My invention relates to improvements in lighting devices for lanterns orlamps in which the chimney is perforated to permit the introduction of amatch therein; and the objects of my improvement are to provide lanternsor lamps of this class with simple and inexpensive means to permit amatch to be ignited within the chimney, and thereby sheltered from thewind. I attain these objects 4 by the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of alantern provided with a match-lighting device constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of a lamp also provided withmeans to light it in accordance with my invention. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of a portion of the chimney or globe supporting plate,showing the friction-plate and the globestopper attached thereto. Fig. 4is a perspective view of the friction-plate and its support detached.

In said drawings,A represents an oil-reser Voir provided with a burnerB, having a slot 1) in'the top thereof for the passage of the wick O andof the flame fed thereby. Said burner has a perforated horizontal plateD, as usual, upon which rests the globe E of a lantern or the chimney Eof a lamp. The globe is retained in a vertical position by means ofwires e, encircling its upper end and attached to the frame of thelantern, and the chimney of the lamp is retained by means ofspringfingers e attached to theburner or to its baseplate.

To permit the wick of the burnerto be lighted without removing ordetaching the globe from its support and igniting a match within saidglobe, and have it thus protected from the wind that may be blowing, theglobe has a perforation f made in its side substantially upon ahorizontal line passing through the slot 73 of the burner. Saidperforation, being fullya quarter of an inchin diameter, permits thelighting end of a match m to be readily introduced'into the globe atthat point and pushed in until it comes in contact with the wick.

To light the match within the globe, there is attached to the burner orto its base-plate D a serrated or frictional surface in the form of alight rectangular plate g, having its ends bent down andprovided with atongue g that the burner and clinched against the under side thereof. Asthe plate g has its two ends sheet metal, as tinned sheet-iron, which,is inexpensive and easily perforated to produce a rasp-like surface. Thetop of the-plate g is provided with a surface of emery made to adherethereto or with a rasp-like surface; ,or the long edges of the top ofthe plate 9 may be bent over to form grooves to receive the edges of aplate g having a rasp-like surface made by partly punching the metal ofsaid plate orotherwise.

To prevent the wind from entering the globe of the lantern through theperforation f, a

the same level as said perforation by means of awire e attached in themiddle of its length to said shutter and having its ends inserted inperforations of the plateD and bent overto clasp it. When used on alamp, the shutter h is attached to one of the clampingfingers c of theburner. When it is desired to light the lamp or lantern, the globe isrotated a short distance until its perforation f comes in line with thefrictional surface 9 and with the slot 1) of the burner. A match is theninserted and rubbed upon said rough surface. It then becomes ignited andis pushed forward until it comes in contact with the wick and ignitesthe latter. The match is then withdrawn and extinguished and the globerotated a small portion of a turn until the perforation f coincides withthe stationary shutter h.

I am aware that lamp-burners have been provided with a tube enteringthrough the. bottom thereof and that a frictional blade has beenattached to the end of said tube,

shutter h, preferably circular, is retained on is inserted inperforations of the plate D or of v secured to its support, it can bemade of thin against Which one end of a match can be forced to igniteit, but they differ from my construetion.

Having now fully described .iny invention, I claim 1. A lamp-burner inWhich one of the ch imey-retaining springs is provided with an enlargedportion adapted to cover an aperture formed in the chimney or globe, incombination with a chimney or globe provided with an aperture in theside and adapted to be turned, substantially as described. v

2. The combination of an oil-reservoir, a lamp-burner and its glassglobe provided with a perforation therein on the same level with saidburner, a frictional plate secured at both of its ends to the globesupporting plate of LINCOLN eERnARnT.

WVitnesses:

E. E. MAssoN, HARRY L. AMER.

